Wisconsin Court Records

Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) shows public circuit court case records from every county; confidential case types are not shown.

WSCCA gives the status of appeals filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. Circuit court fees and fines can be paid online for all counties.

Wisconsin divorces are circuit court actions under chapter 767, kept by the Clerk of Circuit Court of the county. The file is a public court record except for the information disclosed on the Financial Disclosure Statement, form FA-4139V, which Wis. Stat. 767.127(3) makes confidential and usable only for the family action itself, tax returns and proof of income included, and the separate social security number form, which 767.215(5) keeps with that information or apart from the case file. The findings, conclusions and judgment of divorce with the property division and any incorporated marital settlement agreement, qualified domestic relations orders and filed exhibits are public unless sealed under 801.21 or confidential by statute.

Wisconsin Circuit Court Access indexes the circuit court cases open to public inspection statewide, without document images; the public portion of the file is read at the clerk of circuit court in the county. Sealing takes a motion specifying the authority for restriction and a finding of sufficient grounds under constitutional, statutory and common law. The Wisconsin asset search page explains what the judgment still shows.